Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
An Indecent Obsession
Entered Oct 25, 1981 · peaked at #1 on Nov 15, 1981 · 33 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 6, 1982
- Book Power
- 359.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 14
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 28
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 33
- October 1981 – June 1982
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen McCullough | primary | 100% | 359.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 15, 1981 on the timeline →- #1An Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough
- #2The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving
- #3CujoStephen King
- #4Noble HouseJames Clavell
- #5The LegacyHoward Fast
- #6Rabbit Is RichJohn Updike
- #7The Cardinal SinsAndrew M. Greeley
- #8The Third Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
- #9RemembranceDanielle Steel
- #10The Last Days of AmericaPaul Erdman